Re: [Etherboot-developers] Q: TODO list for 5.2

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 04:31  AM, Ken Yap wrote:
>> Do we have a TODO list of what needs to happen before 5.2 is released?
>
> Mea culpa, I should really make this list. Marty and others, please 
> post
> your lists. For me:
>
> pcnet32 support
> tlan support (if possible)
> UNDI (ready when you are Michael)
> documentation
>
> I'd like to get 5.2 out in time for LWE SF.

I think 5.2 for LWE might be a little ambitious, though possibly doable.

My ToDo list is mainly a testing one. I'd like to create a matrix 
something like:

Etherboot Driver         .zrom         .zdsk        .zpxe       .zlilo
tulip                      OK            OK           OK         Failed
rtl8139                    OK            OK           OK         OK
3C905B                     OK            OK           OK         OK

You get the idea. I'd just like to have confidence before we release 
that the basic functionality and traditional robustness is there. I 
have a fair number of cards here, and a testing setup, ROM burner, etc. 
So I can help with this. Of course, many people pitching in would be a 
real help!

5.1.x has some fairly drastic changes (for the better!) to the code, 
and so I'd like to take a little extra time testing before releasing as 
production quality.

It's been a busy summer for me, and it will likely remain so, but I'd 
also really like get 5.2 out, but not at cost of stability.  Of course, 
as usual, until we release, we won't get the quality and quantity of 
bug messages that we so much enjoy ;)

Then there's the LTSP issue. I've had a message on the rom-o-matic.net 
site, warning LTSP users not to use 5.1.x because of incompatible 
changes.  Jim, if you're listening, could you suggest alternative 
wording, now that the new kernel package is out?  I'm sure we'd get a 
lot of LTSP users testing 5.1.x is we said something like:

     LTSP users must upgrade to the latest ltsp-kernel package  
(currently ltsp_kernel-3.0.10) available at:

          http://www.ltsp.org/instructions-3.0.html

     in order to use Etherboot 5.1.x

Can you let me know if this is correct, or suggest an alternative. We 
value feedback from LTSP users, and want to make sure we keep them 
happy and don't disappoint them with booting problems.

Other than that, I agree with Ken's list. I'd love to take a crack at 
the TLAN driver. I have a card here somewhere, and it would be fun. It 
would take two solid days of work to do it, though, and I'm not sure I 
can commit that with my current workload.

So that's my view of things. I'm excited by the possibility of getting 
5.2 out. If everyone pitches in with some testing and we do a bug hunt, 
I'll feel better about putting it out there.

Marty

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